Three recent news stories which illustrate the continuing pressures and opportunities in the clean energy transition:

IKEA to sell solar panels from all UK storesIKEA has started selling residential solar panels at its stores in Britain, the first step in its plan to bring renewable energy to the mainstream market worldwide.Reuters, Monday 30 SeptemberAlso reported in The Times (Business).http://reut.rs/1fUvK1k

Shell looks to offload US shale assetsRoyal Dutch Shell is to sell its position in the Eagle Ford shale field in Texas, two months after announcing a big writedown on the value of its US shale assets.Guy ChazanFinancial Times, Tuesday 01 October (£ subscription required)http://on.ft.com/1dRM551courtesy of the wonderful news update published by the UK Energy Research Centre.